Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Fresno came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Fresno in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fresno. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fresno data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fresno:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Fresno is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Fresno in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Fresno for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Fresno. See our Misc Page for Fresno for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Fresno:

Fresno was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)